Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Calgary FlamesDec 17, 2019

FinalTuesday, Dec 17, 2019· Scotiabank Saddledome

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	2	2	4		PIT	6	16	11	33
CGY	1	0	0	1		CGY	17	9	8	34

: PIT 57CGY 65
: PIT 2.73CGY 3.31
PP goals: PIT 0CGY 0
Hits: PIT 16CGY 10
Blocks: PIT 13CGY 16
PIM: PIT 2CGY 6
: PIT 48%CGY 52%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Calgary Flames 4–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Calgary Flames 4–1 at CGY. John Marino (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Justin Schultz (PIT) played 0:40, −19:38 down on his 20:18 season average over 45 games.

Points
Bryan Rust had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:21.Rust
Points
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:01.Malkin
Points
John Marino had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 27:18.Marino
Points
Kris Letang had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 27:54.Letang
Usage
Justin Schultz (PIT) played 0:40, −19:38 down on his 20:18 season average over 45 games.Schultz
Usage
John Marino (PIT) played 27:18, +7:11 up on his 20:07 season average over 55 games.Marino
Luck
CGY scored 1 goal on 3.31 expected goals (65 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for CGY: Frolik–Rieder–Bennett skated 8:17 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (64.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Frolik Rieder Bennett

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← PIT attacks left (bottom on phones)CGY attacks right (top on phones) →

CGY
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 122 of 122 attempts · CGY 65 · PIT 57

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

CGY
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CGY pressure
PIT pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PIT 31% of the game, CGY 45%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

CGY

PIT

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	PIT	CGY
	55	73
	1.80	3.68
	1.74	3.36
	5	12
	6	4
	24	29
	−0.005	+0.005
	31%	45%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Malkin – Rust – Guentzel
14:2363% CF
L2McCann – Aston-Reese – Kahun
9:5650% CF
L3Blueger – Simon – Tanev
7:0050% CF
L4Galchenyuk – Blandisi – Lafferty
3:130% CF
D1Letang – Marino
10:5842% CF
D2Johnson – Ruhwedel
8:2145% CF

PP1Malkin – Letang – Rust – Guentzel – McCann
4:0586% CF
PP2Galchenyuk – Pettersson – Marino – Aston-Reese – Kahun
1:32100% CF
PK1FBlueger – Tanev
1:02
PK2FRust – Aston-Reese
0:26
PK1DRuhwedel – Pettersson
1:28
PK2DJohnson – Letang
0:26

Current PIT line combinations →

Calgary Flames

L1Lindholm – Mangiapane – Tkachuk
12:0643% CF
L2Lucic – Ryan – Dube
11:2160% CF
L3Backlund – Gaudreau – Monahan
10:5154% CF
L4Frolik – Rieder – Bennett
8:1765% CF
D1Giordano – Brodie
17:2852% CF
D2Andersson – Kylington
11:5557% CF
D3Hamonic – Hanifin
11:1565% CF

PP1Giordano – Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan – Tkachuk
1:04100% CF
PP2Lucic – Backlund – Hanifin – Andersson – Ryan
0:56
PK1FBacklund – Lindholm
3:26
PK2FRieder – Ryan
1:31
PK1DGiordano – Hamonic
3:42
PK2DBrodie – Hanifin
1:30

Current CGY line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

16:05
CGYJohnny Gaudreau (Tobias Rieder, Mikael Backlund)wrist0.10 xG
PIT: Blandisi, Ruhwedel, Pettersson, Lafferty, SimonCGY: Backlund, Hamonic, Gaudreau, Rieder, Hanifin
PIT 0 – 1 CGY

2nd period

12:13
PITJohn Marino (Marcus Pettersson, Dominik Kahun)wrist0.03 xG
PIT: Galchenyuk, Pettersson, Marino, Aston-Reese, KahunCGY: Backlund, Brodie, Lindholm, Hanifin, Andersson
PIT 1 – 1 CGY
13:35
PITBryan Rust (Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin)wrist0.11 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Rust, Guentzel, MarinoCGY: Hamonic, Kylington, Ryan, Tkachuk, Dube
PIT 2 – 1 CGY

3rd period

18:02
PITEvgeni MalkinEN (Bryan Rust, John Marino)wrist0.41 xG
PIT: Malkin, Johnson, Rust, Guentzel, MarinoCGY: Giordano, Gaudreau, Lindholm, Monahan, Andersson, Tkachuk
PIT 3 – 1 CGY
18:22
PITKris LetangENwrist0.33 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Rust, Guentzel, PetterssonCGY: Lucic, Backlund, Brodie, Mangiapane, Hanifin, Ryan
PIT 4 – 1 CGY

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	1	1	2	+3	3	0.45	0	0	0	22:01	—	—	47	38
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	1	2	+3	2	0.27	0	2	0	21:21	—	—	54	51
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	+3	4	0.74	1	0	0	20:38	—	—	52	42
Jared McCann L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.11	0	0	0	15:43	—	—	52	45
Dominik Kahun C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.07	0	0	0	14:54	—	—	44	34
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.18	2	0	0	14:42	—	—	49	45
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	17:20	—	—	39	34
Brandon Tanev L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	2	0	0	15:08	—	—	33	24
Dominik Simon C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	0	0	12:23	—	—	43	26
Alex Galchenyuk C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:36	—	—	21	8
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	1	0	8:34	—	—	30	8
Joseph Blandisi C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	7:41	—	—	25	10
Kris Letang D	D1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.37	0	1	0	27:54	—	—	42	36
John Marino D	D1	1	1	2	+3	3	0.10	3	3	2	27:18	—	—	40	28
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	3	0	0	23:18	—	—	42	30
Chad Ruhwedel D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	1	0	16:31	—	—	42	32
Marcus Pettersson D	—	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	2	4	0	20:28	—	—	51	44
Justin Schultz D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0:40	—	—	50	—

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	34	33	1	.971	3.31	59:50

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Elias Lindholm C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	0	0	0	20:43	—	—	41	56
Matthew Tkachuk L	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.28	0	2	0	18:41	—	—	46	49
Andrew Mangiapane L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.32	0	0	0	12:45	—	—	43	61
Derek Ryan C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.25	0	0	0	15:51	—	—	63	74
Milan Lucic L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.69	3	0	0	13:51	—	—	68	82
Dillon Dube C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	0	0	12:26	—	—	57	73
Mikael Backlund C	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.20	0	0	0	18:33	—	—	56	61
Sean Monahan C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.31	0	0	0	15:50	—	—	62	59
Johnny Gaudreau L	L3	1	0	1	0	5	0.18	0	1	0	15:11	—	—	56	55
Tobias Rieder L	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.21	2	1	0	12:30	—	—	64	85
Michael Frolik R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	1	2	10:09	—	—	71	86
Sam Bennett C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	2	0	0	8:58	—	—	67	84
Mark Giordano D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	3	0	25:11	—	—	59	78
TJ Brodie D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	2	2	20:25	—	—	53	62
Rasmus Andersson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.11	0	3	2	19:59	—	—	56	64
Oliver Kylington D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	15:19	—	—	49	46
Noah Hanifin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.15	1	0	0	19:30	—	—	62	73
Travis Hamonic D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	3	0	18:47	—	—	60	70

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	L	31	29	2	.935	2.00	59:21

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.